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Roaring 20s Flashcards

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Plessy Vs Ferguson

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1896

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WW1

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1914 -1918

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US In WW2

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1941- 1945

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19th amendment

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1920

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Great Depression

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1929

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FDR Elected

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1932

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Olympics in Berlin

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1936

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Results of the war in the US

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economic recession - supply in demand - people no longer wanted weapons and artillery but household supplies and regular things - artillery damaged soldiers - no jobs for them

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Soldiers Return - Conditions

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Conditions when soldiers return - no jobs waiting - disliked people who stayed and kept

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Economic Turmoil

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2 million soldiers needed jobs - inflation - couldn’t change wages - layoffs - recession - costs go up amount of jobs go down - labor unrest/strikes - supply in demand

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Women’s Suffrage

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ida b. wells - susan b. anthony - alice pole lead first strike at DC - very critical of wilson called him kaiser wilson said he was in sympathy with germany - wilson didn’t want strikes/”mad women” - white supremacy black men can vote but white women can’t? - poll taxes and grandfather clauses

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Red Summer

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named by james weldon johnson - black soldiers seen as a threat to the US so when they came home they were lynched and murdered - rise of KKK - 25 cities torn apart 100s killed - black citizens begged for help - department said they couldn’t intervene/do anything - johnston brothers

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Jazz and Harlem Renaissance

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jazz became really popular - white press labeled it harlem renaissance bc started in places like harlem in NY - cotton clubs and other places started having black jazz entertainers

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Prohibition and it’s results

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nationwide ban on alcohol created speakeasies which led to people getting so drunk that they were murdering people

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Roaring 20s and Breaking Boundaries

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time of economic success and women’s rights - cities got bigger and more important - jazz got very popular and other inventions

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Life of Wealthy

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lived on wall Street and 5th avenue - lived very well with at least 8 maids - Broadway, boats and cotton clubs were wealthy treats

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Cotton Club

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club for whites that was very popular - people came from all over - had black jazz entertainers but otherwise it was whites only

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Lower east side and European Immigrants

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lived a simple life - ethnically diverse - very cheap but long work weeks - European Immigrants weren’t wanted - treated the same as usual

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Rural America

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quiet life - simple lived like parents/grandparents - didn’t have trends the big cities did

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Electricity

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revolutionary - new possibilities/jobs - started in big cities - rural america

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Cars

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incredible - changed lives - efficiency - newfound freedom - people could go anywhere - spent billions on roads etc

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Advertising and Credit

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roadside advertising - consumer concept - people could buy stuff anywhere with credit cards - start of debt

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Radio

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national phenomenon - everyone was listening to the same thing - things got more popular like jazz - communal exercise like social media

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Women - Flappers

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shorter dresses and hair - more makeup and freedom - 19th amendment - wanted to go as far as possible - became successful

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Reaction to Women

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rural america didn’t have these trends - alien ideas - didn’t want women to have this freedom

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Scopes Trial

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John t. scopes - taught darwinism theories - uproar bc people wanted the bible to be right - John found guilty

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Nativism and Intolerance

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People wanted the future inventions but also wanted the opinions of 1850 - immigrants were treated poorly and nativism made a surge

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Klu Klux Klan

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group of white supremacists - lynched and murdered black people - 4 million members - portrayed as heroes in the birth of a nation

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Sports

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old fashioned heroes and progress

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Babe Ruth

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household name - inspirational hero - most home runs ever

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Charles Lindbergh

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lucky Lindy - flew plane across the atlantic

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Factory Photo

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Charles Sheeler - Criss Cross Conveyor - Ford - Detroit

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